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Table 1 Participant Sociodemographic profile by province and rural/urban setting

From: Recreational Cannabis Legislation: substance use and impaired driving among Canadian rural and urban postsecondary students

 

Manitoba

Ontario

Quebec

Total

Statistics; Effect size

2; Cramér’s V)a or

(F statistics; Ω2 )b

p Value

Rural

(n=248)

Urban

(n=528)

Rural

(n=79)

Urban

(n=217)

Rural

(n=197)

Urban

(n=216)

Mean age in years (standard deviation)1. 3

19.9 (1.6)

20.2 (1.9)

19.1 (1.2)

19.3 (1.5)

21.3 (1.5)

21.4 (1.6)

 

F(5;1479)=61.51; Ω2=0.17

<0.001***

Sex 2 (%)

Female

84.6

70.3

70.9

74.5

82.6

76.2

75.8

χ2 (5)=25.05; V=0.13

<0.001***

Male

15.4

29.7

29.1

25.5

17.4

23.8

22.2

First year of postsecondary enrollment 2 (%)

33.5

39.1

62.8

72.1

31.3

34.7

42.6

χ2 (5)=116.23; V=0.28

0.001**

Full time course load 2 (%)

94.4

92.0

94.9

92.6

92.8

94.4

93.1

χ2 (5)=2.40; V=0.043

0.752

Past Year Academic Average 2 (%)

Excellent (80-100%)

59.5

53.2

38.0

46.8

61.9

59.7

54.6

χ2 (20)=66.07; V=0.21

<0.001***

Very good (70-79%)

31.6

29.0

38.0

28.7

28.4

25.9

29.3

Satisfactory (60-69%)

4.0

8.0

19.0

8.8

3.0

9.3

7.6

Insufficient (<60%) / Uncertain

2.4

5.3

3.8

9.7

4.6

1.4

4.7

 Not enrolled in courses

2.4

4.5

1.3

6.0

2.0

3.7

3.8

Annual personal income 2 (%)

$0

5.7

14.8

24.1

29.6

8.6

16.2

15.6

χ2 (10)=91.77; V=0.18

<0.001***

$1 - $15.000

84.5

71.1

64.6

58.7

66.0

63.0

69.3

>$15.000

9.8

14.1

11.4

11.7

25.4

20.8

15.4

Number of hours worked weekly 2 (%)

Not employed

32.7

29.5

55.7

48.1

38.1

38.9

36.6

χ2 (10)=41.56 V=0.12

<0.001***

Fewer than 20 hours

51.6

54.9

39.2

38.4

46.2

46.8

48.8

20 hours or more

15.7

15.6

5.1

13.4

15.7

14.4

14.6

Race 2 (%)

White

7.8

54.0

87.0

38.2

95.8

84.3

67.1

χ2 (5)=399.28 V=0.24

<0.001***

Black

3.7

20.3

3.9

22.2

0.5

4.9

12.1

Asian

3.3

9.7

5.2

13.7

1.0

4.9

7.2

First Nations and Métis

15.4

6.0

0.0

0.0

1.6

2.0

5.2

Arabic

0.0

6.4

1.3

14.6

0.0

1.0

4.7

Other

0.8

3.5

2.6

11.3

1.0

2.9

3.8

Domestic / international student 2, 4 (%)

Domestic student

96.4

75.9

93.5

78.8

87.3

83.8

87.3

χ2 (5)=67.72 V=0.21

<0.001**

International student

3.6

24.1

6.5

21.2

12.7

16.2

12.7

  1. 1 p value calculated using ANOVA test
  2. 2 p value calculated using Chi-square or Fisher’s exact test
  3. 3All pairwise comparisons for ANOVA test using Bonferroni for the Age variable were statistically significant at 5 % except the comparison Urban Manitoba versus Rural Manitoba, Urban Ontario versus Rural Ontario, and Urban Québec versus Rural Québec
  4. 4Includes those whose country of citizenship is other than Canada and who travelled to study; excludes those who travelled from another Canadian province to study
  5. aChi-square (χ2); Cramer’s V for Chi-square or Fisher’s exact tests
  6. bFisher (F) statistics; Ω2 for ANOVA test
  7. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001